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Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin

ActingBorn May 7, 1922Died February 25, 2006 (age 83)Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Biography

Darren McGavin (born William Lyle Richardson; May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006) was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity in the film A Christmas Story. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. From 1959-1961, McGavin starred in the NBC western series Riverboat, first with Burt Reynolds and then with Noah Beery, Jr. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1999
Pros & Cons

as Mr. Stanford

Movie
1997
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

as Mr. Parker (archive footage)

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Millennium

as Henry Black

TV
1995
Derby

as Lester Corbett

Movie
1995
Billy Madison

as Brian Madison

Movie
1994
Gargoyles

as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)

TV
1994
Touched by an Angel

as George Zarko

TV
1994
A Perfect Stranger

as John Henry Phillips

Movie
1994
Burke's Law

as Conrad Hill

TV
1993
Grace Under Fire

as Grace's Dad

TV
1993
The X-Files

as Agent Arthur Dales

TV
1993
Fallen Angels

as Old Man

TV
1993
The American Clock

as Older Arthur Huntington

Movie
1992
Mastergate

as Folsom Bunting

Movie
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1991
Happy Hell Night

as Henry Collins

Movie
1991
Blood and Concrete

as Hank Dick

Movie
1991TV
1991
Perfect Harmony

as Mr. Hobbs

Movie
1991
Clara

as Albert Kroll

Movie
1990
Captain America

as General Fleming

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Child in the Night

as Os Winfield

Movie
1990Movie
1990Movie
1989TV
1988
The Diamond Trap

as Chief Walter Vadney

Movie
1988
Murphy Brown

as Bill Brown

TV
1988
Monsters

as Hubert

TV
1988
Dead Heat

as Dr. Ernest McNab

Movie
1988
Inherit the Wind

as E.K. Hornbeck

Movie
1987
From the Hip

as Craig Duncan

Movie
1986
Worlds Beyond

as Harry Hewart

TV
1986
Raw Deal

as Chief Harry Shannon

Movie
1985
Turk 182!

as Det. Kowalski

Movie
1984
The Baron and the Kid

as Jack Beamer

Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Martin Tremaine

TV
1984TV
1984Movie
1984
The Natural

as Gus Sands (uncredited)

Movie
1983
The Hitchhiker

as Old Man

TV
1983
A Christmas Story

as The Old Man

Movie
1981Movie
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Buck Gibson

TV
1980
Hangar 18

as Harry Forbes

Movie
1980
Waikiki

as Capt. McGuire

Movie
1980
The Martian Chronicles

as Sam Parkhill

TV
1979
Love for Rent

as Coach John Martin

Movie
1979
Ike

as Gen. George S. Patton

Movie
1979
Ike

as Gen. George S. Patton

TV
1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Sheriff Milt Singleton

TV
1979
Donovan's Kid

as Timothy Donovan

Movie
1978
The Users

as Henry Waller

Movie
1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet

as Mayor Ragsdale

Movie
1978
Zero to Sixty

as Michael Nolan

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Lawrence Evans

TV
1977
Airport '77

as Stan Buchek

Movie
1976
Law and Order

as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley

Movie
1976
Crackle of Death

as Carl Kolchak

Movie
1976Movie
1976
Demon and the Mummy

as Carl Kolchak

Movie
1976Movie
1975
B. Must Die

as Pal Kovak

Movie
1974TV
1973
The Evil Touch

as Alvin Hazeltine

TV
1973
Police Story

as Matt Hallett

TV
1973Movie
1973
The Night Strangler

as Carl Kolchak

Movie
1972Movie
1972
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

as Dr. Lou Grazzo

Movie
1972Movie
1972
The Rookies

as Sgt. Eddie Ryker

Movie
1972
Something Evil

as Paul Worden

Movie
1972
The Night Stalker

as Carl Kolchak

Movie
1972Movie
1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Darren McGavin (uncredited)

Movie
1971Movie
1971TV
1971
Banyon

as Lieutenant Pete Cordova

Movie
1971Movie
1970
Tribes

as Drake

Movie
1970
Berlin Affair

as Paul Killian

Movie
1970
The 48-Hour Mile

as David Ross

Movie
1970
The Challengers

as Jim McCabe

Movie
1970
The Challenge

as Jacob Gallery

Movie
1969TV
1969
Anatomy of a Crime

as David Ross

Movie
1968Movie
1968
The Name of the Game

as Jesse Gil McCray

TV
1968TV
1968
The Name of the Game

as Eddie Gannon

TV
1968
The Outsider

as David Ross

TV
1968
Mission Mars

as Col. Mike Blaiswick

Movie
1967
The Outsider

as David Ross

Movie
1967
Mannix

as Mark

TV
1967TV
1966
Mission: Impossible

as J. Richard Taggart

TV
1965
African Gold

as Mike Gregory

Movie
1965
The Great Sioux Massacre

as Captain Frederick William Benton

Movie
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Viktor Karmak

TV
1964
The Rogues

as Amos Champion

TV
1964Movie
1962TV
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Sheridan Westcott

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Mark Troxel

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Sam Evans

TV
1961TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Prof. Felix Holman

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Howard Potter

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Marty Wisnovsky

TV
1960
Special for Women

as The Social Worker

TV
1960TV
1960TV
1959
Riverboat

as Captain Grey Holden

TV
1959Movie
1959
Rawhide

as Jed Hadley

TV
1958Movie
1958TV
1957
Beau James

as Charley Hand

Movie
1957Movie
1955Movie
1955TV
1955TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Will Helmick

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Lon Gorman

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Joe Bascome

TV
1955
Summertime

as Eddie Yaeger

Movie
1955
A Word to the Wives...

as George Peters

Movie
1954TV
1954TV
1954
Climax!

as Walter

TV
1952TV
1952
Death Valley Days

as Zacharias Gurney

TV
1951Movie
1951TV
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

TV
1950TV
1949
Suspense

as Ted Larson

TV
1949TV
1948
Studio One

as Will Sorrell

TV
1948
Studio One

as Johnny Quigg

TV
1948
Studio One

as Tom Kendall

TV
1948TV
1945
Your Next Job

as Balancing hobbyist

Movie
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes

as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)

Movie
1945
A Song to Remember

as Student (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 7, 1922
Day of DeathFebruary 25, 2006
Place of BirthSpokane, Washington, U.S.
Popularity1.3